The end of 2014 for fans of the game World of Warcraft was marked by a long-awaited event: almost a year after the announcement that a new addition of Warlords of Draenor would be released, Blizzard campaign staff finally fulfilled their promise. To the delight of all believers, a new patch was launched on November 13th. If some 2-3 months ago, players were puzzled over how to get to the Draenor beta, now everyone who installed a new add-on on their computer and paid for playing time can plunge into the wonderful world of adventures taking place on the uncharted land of the Northern clans Wolf and other equally interesting fractions.
A bit of history
Draenor is an ancient planet on which intelligent beings lived centuries ago: aracoa, orcs, gronnas and sporlings, as well as several other small racial groups. Existence on the planet was based on a complete merger with the outside world, which differed from others in its incredible beauty. The mountains of Draenor rose almost to cosmic heights, the plains fragrant plants of incredible beauty, and the marshes were famous for their splendor and fertility. The intelligent population of the planet called it simply - Peace. Throughout the universe, there was not a single creature that knew exactly the way how to get into Draenor, and could disrupt the calm and measured course of life on this planet.
However, everything changed after hordes of draenei fleeing the aggression of the Burning Legion arrived on Draenor. It was they who began to call the beautiful flowering planet by the name by which it became known to the players of World of Warcraft. As a result of the dark witchcraft committed by the orcs who drank the blood of Manrock, Draenor was completely destroyed. The planet scattered into a myriad of tiny fragments, which then ended up in various places in the universe. One such fragment is known to all players in World War II as Outland.
Return to the lost planet
Perhaps those who are little familiar with the history of World of Warcraft, the question arises - how to get into Draenor, if the planet died many thousands of years ago? It's simple: Garrosh Hellscream after the defeat decided to rectify the situation with his loss to the forces of the Alliance and the Horde. To do this, he took a desperate and unexpected step for everyone - he opened a portal to the past to prevent the mistakes of his people and apply the knowledge gained at present to improve the fighting characteristics of the Iron Horde orcs, with the help of which he hoped to win in the present.
Through a portal opened in the Blasted Lands, hordes of bloodthirsty orcs poured for only one purpose poured into Azeroth: to enslave, kill and take over the lands of Azeroth and other territories of the World of Warcraft world.
New in Warlords of Draenor
Blizzard developers have put a lot of effort into making the new World of Warcraft app fun and beautiful. First, character models have been improved. Now the orcs, humans, undead, tauren and gnomes look more attractive and bright. On the faces of their characters, players can more clearly see emotions during battle, communicating with TCP or the characters of other players. In addition, the titanic efforts of the artists were applied to the detailed drawing of a new location - in fact, the planet Draenor itself.
But not only these changes raised a growing wave of questions from the category of "How to Get into Draenor" and "How much does a new addition cost" from regular subscribers of the game and those who just decided to play World of Warcraft. A huge number of exciting new quests, the ability to develop your own settlement on a planet revived from the past, dungeons and raids - this is a great opportunity for anyone, even a novice player, to gain a place in the top players on their server. In addition, Blizzard provided the opportunity for everyone who bought the add-on to raise the level of the newly created character immediately to 90, so that they could immediately go to Draenor to perform feats.
Nature and adventure on Draenor
Players will have to get acquainted with the harsh and at the same time beautiful nature of Draenor immediately upon arrival on the planet. Players of the Alliance will be able to see the beauties of the Shadowmoon Valley, and those who play for the Horde can see the snowy expanses of the Frostfire Range. Literally the first steps on this land will bring players a sea of positive emotions: the rich booty from the defeated creatures will allow you to develop professions and safely exist garrisons created by the players. As from a cornucopia, tasks will be pouring on representatives of both factions, completing which, you can not only obtain resources for development, but also improve relations with local clans.
"Legendaries" to be!
In addition to the heroic achievements in the open game world, players are waiting for exciting trips through the dungeons and raids of the Warlords of Draenor application. From level 90, only one dungeon becomes available, but a little later, players will be able to download their character in Auchindoun, in the Dark Depot and 5 other instances. It did not even come as a surprise that Blizzard continued to develop new chains of tasks, as a result of which the player could receive legendary weapons or items. If in Pandaria’s app everyone chased with the tasks of Prince Wrathion to obtain the legendary cloak, then in Draenor the ring will become such an item.
Path to Draenor for Alliance and Horde Players
So, if you are interested in the game and decide to find out how to get into Draenor, playing as one of the factions - here is the answer. Firstly, it is necessary to reach level 90 in order for the character to be offered a task, the essence of which is to destroy the dark portal located in the Scorched Lands, from the troops of the Iron Horde penetrating the territory of Azeroth. The only way to get into Draenor at this stage of the development of events is to talk with Khadgar, or rather, with his projection. Players of the Alliance will be able to find it near the central square of Stormwind, and Horde supporters can be found at the main gate of Orgrimar, opposite the bank. Khadgar, with the ability to teleport, will transfer the character to the Tanaan jungle, where exciting adventures will begin.
After completing the quest chain, the Alliance players will fall into the Shadowmoon Valley, where they can organize the construction of the garrison. Ordintsev are waiting for the same tasks, with the only difference being that they will be able to rebuild their fortress on the Ice Fire Ridge .
How to get to Draenor for the Alliance
What about those who went from Draenor to locations already known from the old additions: Eastern Lands or Kalimdor? After the characters playing for the Alliance complete the chain of starting tasks, they can easily return to the mastered location through the portal. So, how to get to Draenor from Storm with it? To do this, you need to get to the location of the portals in the Underdark, Uldum and Vaish-ir. It is simply impossible not to notice the reduced copy of the dark portal from the Blasted Lands that appeared there. By clicking on it, the player will be in Draenor, namely in the Shadowmoon Valley. Mages also have portals to Draenor, however, they can only be delivered or used upon reaching ** the level when they can study them.
How to get to Draenor for the Horde
The portal to Draenor through which Horde players can go is located above the Spirit Walk in Orgrimar, between the portals in the Underdark and Vaish-ir. The appearance of this building also resembles the Dark Portal, located in Outland, but differs from it in small size. Another fairly simple way to move Draenor players of the Alliance and Horde is to use the stone to return to the garrison. You can find it in the bag along with the usual return stone.
Another question that players may have is how to get to Outland in Draenor, because the portal in Blasted Lands no longer works. The developers made sure that the players of the Alliance and the Horde could freely get to the Hellfire Peninsula. To do this, they had to create portals not far from those that lead from Stormwind and Orgrimar to the Blasted Lands.